Backyard Playtime!!

My kids love being outside so much, that they both say "outside!" Its like they take turns, until I give in! I thought I would share a few photos of our outdoors adventures. The weather this week has been quite cool and we are enjoying every minute of it! This is truly one of my most favorite times of the year.

Stay tuned, Saturday is the Free Admission Museum day! There will be plenty of photos to share then too, I'm sure! Happy Fall everyone!!


We attempted an impromtu photo moment, but Boo wasn't having it!


Bubbie loved it!


Showing off his new size 12 big boy shoes, they light up and they are Cars!! I think he is in love with his new shoes.





Adorable!

Weekend With Family

Boo with her Great Grandma! This was the only picture I was able to take because we had forgotten to charge the batteries in our camera, so it died.

This was one busy weekend. We arrived on Friday evening at my Parent's house and called it an early night not long after. Saturday, we did a little bit of shopping and in the evening, we had a BBQ for my Cousin R and his new Wife N. I hadn't seen them since I was 5 mths pregnant with Bubbie, so it has been entirely too long! It was so nice to see them, I had only wished we could have talked more, but they had so many people to say hello to! We all had fun and they food was delicious and I had also enjoyed visiting with my Aunts and my Grandma. It is so rare anymore to have to whole family together. Though we were still missing my Uncles. On Sunday, we visited with my other Grandma at her home and had breakfast with my sister.

Over all it was a great weekend to forget the stress we had been dealing with the week prior. Last Wednesday, Daddy had a seizure at work for the first time since his very first seizure, about 2 years ago. We had thought that the days of seizures were over, being that he was off of meds for a little over a year. Unfortunately we were wrong. Now we are dealing with a varying amount of feelings. Mainly stress and fear. Thursday, Daddy will be going in for a more in depth MRI scan and I have mixed feelings on that as well. I'm not sure what kind of answers we looking for. I think for now, all we can do is prepare for the worst and take it one day at a time.

The Poo Poo Fairy!

There are Fairies, Tooth Fairies and most recently the Binki Fairy, so I say why not a Poo Poo Fairy? Especially if it gets your kid, after so many months of trying to convince him, to go poo poo in the potty!!

Daddy and I were at our wits end trying to convince Bubbie to go poopie in the potty. We had tried every little tidbit of advice we could get! I had even come to a point of giving up on potty training, until I had an epiphany! The Poo Poo Fairy has added some excitement around here and made potty training fun again. We had started out with giving Bubbie little things, like dum dum suckers, dove chocolate and hot wheels. We had tried these gifts before, but for whatever reason it just wasn't motivation enough. When you say the Poo Poo Fairy is going to bring the prize, its suddenly exciting and motivating! AMAZING!!

Tonight was kind of our last hoorah, so to speak. Bubbie has been going poopie on the potty every day since last Saturday night(yay!!) He earned his small prizes, which then led up to earning his big prizes. One was a tractor set that was actually a Christmas present, but because he had received so many gifts last year, we put some in storage. That worked well to our advantage with the Poo Poo Fairy! Then tonight, I bought him a book that Bubbie has been asking for, for some time now. When I arrived home with it, he was napping, so I wrapped it and set it by the TV. When he came out, I told him that the Poo Poo Fairy left him a gift because she was so pleased by the great job he has been doing. Then I told him that when he went poopie, he could open his gift. The poor kid tried for a couple of hours to poop! Finally when we were getting ready to put him to bed, he said he had to go potty and he finally pooped!! Here are pictures of the unveiling of what the Poo Poo Fairy left for him.......







He was so excited, that he actually took the book and music player to bed with him! I cannot believe how well the Poo Poo Fairy has worked. Lets just hope that the trend continues!

Bedtime Stories

Story time in Boo's bed tonight, in the Big Girl Bed!


Bubbie was cheesing for the camera, he sat with this face until I took the picture(he is learning well, LOL!).


Even Pumpkin and Jill are participating for story time!

Labor Day Weekend

As we all know, this last weekend was a long weekend all thanks to Labor Day!! It was a busy weekend. It all started with Thursday. I had a Jewelry Party and did a lot of baking and cleaning. It wasn't a great turn out, but I think everyone had fun. I know I sure did! Friday, Daddy worked a little on tearing out the Kitchen flooring. There is still a ton of work to be done on that. While he worked on floors, the kids and I played outside because it became too dusty and smoky to be inside. Especially for the kids.

On Saturday, we met up with Granddad, Aunt M, Uncle G, Aunt M&M and cousins at the Zoo. Mainly it was Granddad's birthday, so we decided to celebrate it at the Zoo. After trying to keep the group together and dealing with kids, we were all exhausted by the end, but it was a lot of fun!

Also this weekend, our new niece was born on Sunday morning! We went to visit my BIL, SIL and baby that afternoon. This is their third girl, I think they are excited to have another newborn. Though I think they may keep trying for a boy, hehe! My new niece, we will call her FD for now, was so tiny, she was only 6lbs, 10oz. Adorable!

Monday we finished up with meeting Aunt M&M at OJ Watson Park. She brought her new baby, a dog named Maggie and we fed the ducks. Both Bubbie and Boo enjoyed it! Bubbie especially got a kick out of it. They played at the park for a few, but they soon tired of it and we went on to the Mall. Daddy and the kiddos went and played in the play area while I did some shopping. Amazingly I didn't buy a thing, how unlike me! I was actually a bit disappointed the lack of sales the stores had. All and all though, it was a fun, family filled, busy weekend!

Playing With Fire(or the Cat)

Pumpkin thought the bed was just for him, so Boo decided to harass him and she did a good job of it too!


Spoiled kitty.....

New Big Girl Room!

I thought I would attempt a 360 degree view of Boo's room. We removed a couple pieces of furniture, the changing table and the rocking chair. The rocking chair is now in my living room and it fits really well! Boo's room is still a work in progress, we still need a set of shelves, an organizing bins for toys and to retouch the paint.

Boo's room was originally painted for Bubbie when we were expecting him. His bedding was green with white elephants, it was adorable. When we learned that we were expecting a girl, we moved Bubbie to his Big Boy room to make room for Boo. After that, we changed out the ceiling fan and hung up new curtains and new bedding. The yellow paint had transitioned well to Boo's room, but as to be expected, it has had a lot of wear and tear over the last 3 and a half years.

It is so surreal having two kids now in Toddler beds, no more babies(boo........I'm crying on the inside)! I'm not sure about more kids at this time, for now we are happy just the four of us, but I do have the baby fever. I need to find a newborn that I can hold and then give back, I think that would just be the bestest!! For now, I will just enjoy having two very independent toddlers.


Looking into Boo's room from the doorway.


My Mom, Grandma H, made the curtains for Boo's room. They are absolutely adorable and match her bedding perfectly!


When I ordered Boo's bedding, I also ordered the Toddler Bedding, so everything would transition well. Unfortunately, I didn't know that the blanket was for a twin, so it is too big for the bed. For now its hanging on her bed and I'm using her crib blanket, which is just a little small, but seems to work well!


I love the vintage quilted look of her bedding, adorable!!


This Cradle is a family heirloom, orginally bought by my Uncle Charlie and has been passed to every cousin in my family and my Niece and Nephew. It was so nice to have the cradle that I slept in as a baby, for both of my babies to sleep in when they were newborns.


The dresser(a bit hard to see, my camera didn't like the sun coming through the windows)was given to us by my Mother-in-Law. When we brought it home it looked rough and outdated, so I cleaned it up and put new drawer pulls on it when Bubbie was a baby. It turned out so cute!! When Boo gets older, I'll change out the baby blocks for flowers. Its amazing how just the smallest changes can make the biggest difference!



For now we keep Boo's diaper stuff on this shelf, but when she is potty trained, I will put her books up there. Though I still hope to get her a bookshelf, from Target(I hope). I have one all picked out and its on sale this week, but we will still have to wait. I'm keeping my fingers crossed though!! Its so tough when you have to choose which need is more important, but it is also just part of life. No one said it was easy!